Curds and Whey Box Set by G M Eppers

Author:G M Eppers [Eppers, G M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Bitingly cold wind spun around us in a torrent, stirred by the blades of the Black Hawk. Gently, it came to a landing several yards from the bus, down the shore of the frozen Lake of the Woods, and the blades began to slow. They were still spinning as the doors opened and people began jumping out, bending over as if the blades were not three feet higher than their heads. Most of them wore gray trooper parkas, the fur linings rippling in the breeze created by the chopper blades. Two wore similar black jackets. I stood near the bus, rubbing my hands against the cold, watching my own breath leave my mouth in little wispy clouds.

Billings was the first to reach me. “Mom! Are you all right?” Before I could answer, he’d looked around at the scene. “What happened here?”

Butte and Fergie noted the obstruction on the bus stairs and I stepped back to give them room. “We caught the bad guy, that’s what,” I said. Casually, they grabbed Gary by his bound arms and legs and tossed him into the snow like a sack of potatoes. He began crying again, crying inconsolably. Most bad guys go down with considerably more dignity than that.

Ignoring him, Ban joined the two men at the steps. “Knobby?” Butte asked.

Billings backed up and looked, too. “Knees?”

“I can help him,” said Ban, remembering about his capless knees from our conversation at the Mayo Clinic. “But he’s not going to like it.”

From the stairwell, I heard Knobby’s shaky voice. “Don’t worry. I’ve done it before. It’s been a long time, but I’ve done it before. Let’s get it over with.”

Ban positioned herself across his ankles. “Hold on to the bus. Hold on tight. Do you want something to bite on?” There was no answer. Knobby must have shook his head. Ban firmly gripped Knobby’s left ankle and yanked hard. While Knobby was still screaming from that, she grabbed the other and did the same. “Butte, help me get him into the snow. The cold will keep any swelling to a minimum.” Between the two of them, and with only a few weak screams, he was soon sitting up against the bus, his legs straight out in front of him. “Stay there a minute,” she said when she was finished. “Don’t even think about getting up yet.”

“No problem.” He faked a shiver and winked at her. He was sweating, but it wouldn’t be long, though, before the shiver was real.

“Anyone got some painkillers?” Ban called out loudly.

The question reminded me. “Yes. Butte does.”

“I do?” Butte looked lost.

I crossed over to him and pointed at the HEP belt. “Let me have that back –.“ I was going to say more but he was already unbuckling. He couldn’t wait to hand it over. I snapped it on quickly, and got the bottle of generic Tylenol out of a pouch. I shook two into my hand and gave them to Ban, who passed them to Knobby. Knobby tossed them in his mouth, then grabbed a handful of snow to help them go down.

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